25th August 2000
We found Tjololo had tried to tree the remains of the kudu carcass but it was still too large and he’d only managed to get it into the lower fork only a meter off the ground. At sunset with him resting up in a tree a hyaena arrived and with little difficulty retrieved the carcass. Tjololo in his sluggish overladen state realised it was time to move on which he did at some 10 steps at a time, resting to catch his breath. He was probably carrying more than half his body weight again in his stomach. Probably a godsend his carcass was stolen, as the possibilities of exploding seemed imminent.
Moving not even half a kilometre he passed out for several hours, but managed to pluck enough courage to walk his stomach east and then south inside the Kruger National Park.
By dawn he was back on Mala Mala resting up at Rocky Crossing.
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